Sunday, August 7, 2016

Not one of the most popular Zeppelin songs generally, but fairly popular among cover bands. The trick, I think, is to get the deceptively-simple rhythm just right. Unfortunately, a lot of the covers on Youtube of this song have been muted because of copyright BS, but here's what I could find.

Original:

I usually try to only highlight amateur bands, but this Black Crows cover with Jimmy Page is awesome:

On to the covers: Here's a band apparently called "BSB," who do a great job. The lead guitar is spot-on.

Here's another band (couldn't figure out a name) playing in a basement. It's a pure instrumental but I love their energy.

ProGuitarShop.com puts out a great lesson, sorry I don't know the player's name:

Ok, I usually hate acoustic covers of rock classics, but this is something...interesting from The Student Loan: